Bibi Jagir Kaur and Parkash Singh Badal laid the foundation stone on May 2, 2005
Gursevak Singh Preet
Sri Muktsar Sahib, 14 January
Punjab News: As soon as the Mela Maghi of Sri Muktsar Sahib is mentioned, common people talk about the foundation stone laid for the memorial dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the martyrdom of Mai Bhago and 40 martyrs on May 2, 2005, 19 years and 8 months ago. , but sadly no religious or political leader talks about this memorial now.
The foundation stone was laid by the then president of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee Bibi Jagir Kaur and the then president of Shiromani Akali Dal late Parkash Singh Badal. The name of the memorial was decided ‘Mai Bhago te Chali Muktia Di Shaheedee Memorial’. This memorial was to be built at the Gurdwara Tibbi Sahib complex.
According to the announcement, a memorial wall with historical and religious importance was to be built on this place in memory of the martyrs. On this wall, the lives of forty martyrs and My Bhago were to be honored. At that time, Bibi Jagir Kaur and Parkash Singh Badal also claimed that this will be the first and unique memorial of its kind in the world, on which crores will be spent and people from all over the country will come to see it. will come
He had claimed that the memorial would be completed within a year. But alas! More than nine years have passed but the foundation stone of what was to become this monument has also disappeared. During Nagar Kirtan, which reached Gurdwara Tibbi Sahib from Gurdwara Sri Tudi Ganti Sahib today, a large number of devotees were seen looking for the memorial of the martyrs.
